Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 11:24:17 -0500
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
From: Judith Newton <jnewton at nist.gov>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: keyboards & flights, was Re: Return of The King
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

How about the flight to the Worldcon in Atlanta (I think it was), when Meri=

was 2 and the pilots were doing a "work-to-rule" protest??  "The child must=

be in her seat or in your lap" for hours before the plane even took
off.  One of my definitions of hell.

Judy

At 10:31 AM 12/24/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>I remember one flight with Lydia when she was about 2 where she was seated
>between Karl and me and we took turns literally holding a hand over her
>mouth; otherwise she would scream bloody murder. Not one of my fonder
>moments of motherhood!
>
>Erica
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Michael Walsh [mailto:MJW at mail.press.jhu.edu]
>Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2003 9:13 AM
>To: WSFAlist at keithlynch.net
>Subject: [WSFA] keyboards & flights, was Re: Return of The King
>
> > ronkean at juno.com 12/23/03 05:35AM
> >>On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 00:19:50 -0500 (EST) "Keith F. Lynch"
> ><kfl at KeithLynch.net> writes:
> >> "Michael Walsh" <mjw at mail.press.jhu.edu> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Well, I haven't seen it yet, but then I'm not going to pay
> >> > £10.00 (with the pound equal to . . . hmmm, no dollar sign on
> >> > thesekeyboards . . .
> >>
> >> Where did you find a keyboard without a dollar sign?  What's above
> >> the 4 on your keyboard?
> >>
> >
> >Perhaps mjw's Windows is set to 'English - Britain', instead of 'English
> >- U.S.', in which case, even if he had a keyboard with a $ sign, tapping
> >the $ key might consequently show up as a pound sign.  But it sounds like
> >he might have a British style keyboard as well.
>
>Since I was in London (UK, not Ontario) the keyboards do tend to be set =
>for English-Britian . . .
>
>A clue was the reference to 10 pounds . . .
>
>Anyway, I'm back, having upped by my karma credit immensely.  Flight back =
=
>was on an Airbus, which has a 2-4-2 seating configuration.  I was seated =
=
>on the aisle.  To one side was a child in a bassinet -rather unhappy with =
=
>things.  Behind me were three kids maybe in the 4 to 7 age range, a few =
>month old child being held by his mother, off to the side was the father =
=
>with another kid.
>
>A nine hour flight with  . . . well, let your imagination go.  I imagine =
=
>the parents had it worse.
>
>& the plane was full.
>
>mjw
>
> >
> >Ron Kean
> >